The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1276 Stop, Ajiu

"Now it seems that this case was simply a case of someone taking the blame for another..."

"No wonder that prosecutor, Reiko Kujo, didn't want to close the case. So that's why. No wonder she's known as the Madonna of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office."

"But now that things are clear, shouldn't she be able to investigate him?"

As Fujino and Sato Miwako discussed the case, Ai Haibara, sitting in the passenger seat, pondered for a moment and then spoke up calmly, "Is it because we haven't found any evidence, or is there something else going on?"

"That's unclear."

Miwako Sato shook her head slightly: "Now it seems that this case has become much more complicated. Not only do we need to find crucial evidence that she was driving at the time, but we also need to prove that she was the one who hit and killed the person..."

Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she asked, "By the way, don't you know some hacker friends?"

"Why don't you just ask your hacker friend to check the security cameras? That would tell you who hit and killed the person and who was driving at the time."

"...?" Fujino paused for a moment upon hearing this. He had wanted to ask Hiroki, but he was a little surprised when Sato Miwako brought it up.

Gathering his thoughts, he nodded: "That works too. If we find the surveillance video, we can solve the case directly."

"Okay, then hurry up and finish this so I can take my vacation sooner. Once I finish your case, I'll meet my quota for the month and be able to rest."

"..." Fujino fell silent upon hearing this. He realized that Sato-nee-san wanted to slack off and take a vacation as soon as possible!
She then teased him with a suspicious tone, "By the way, Sato-san, weren't you the one who was most against me hiring hackers or anything like that to illegally collect evidence?"

"...?"

Sato Miwako frowned, naturally understanding what she meant, then put on a slightly resentful expression: "Why do you care about all this? As long as the case is solved, that's all that matters. The police's job is to solve cases as quickly as possible and get justice for the victims!"

"..." Fujino fell silent again. He was too embarrassed to call out this bossy woman for speaking so righteously about wanting to take a vacation and slack off.

"Um..." Xiaolan suddenly interjected, "Shouldn't we go and tell my mom about this?"

"My mom is still completely in the dark."

"Okay." Fujino responded, taking out his phone. "I'll tell my good friend. I reckon he'll be able to find the evidence once we get there."

"Indeed, we should talk to Attorney Fei about this."

"It's a big no-no for a lawyer to conceal the truth from their clients."

…………

"Do you think the person driving that car was a woman, or Mrs. Takeuchi?"

"That's about it. As for the evidence, I've just found it."

Upon arriving at Eri Kisaki's law firm, Eri's assistant, Midori Kuriyama, served tea and water to everyone. After a brief presentation of the investigation results, Fujino immediately pulled out his phone and showed the following image:
In the black and white image, a woman is driving a car with its windshield shattered and front end crushed at high speed on the highway.

Fujino put his phone away: "I'll send you a copy later. This evidence will be beneficial to both the prosecutor and you."

Eri Kisaki took off her glasses, revealing her bare face, and pinched her brow: "The court has already filed a lawsuit, which means the trial will have to be suspended..."

"I think we can do without it for now."

At this moment, Fujino suddenly spoke up: "Prosecutor Kujo Reiko has already discovered this, but she hasn't said much, which means that she has her own purpose. Since she has her own purpose, I think you can temporarily refrain from presenting this evidence."

"Continue to accompany her in performing?" Eri Kisaki frowned and asked.

"Of course, I'll sing along with her."

Fujino nodded, then explained, "I just had my friend investigate her background."

"Guess what kind of place she used to hang out with?"

"Special Investigation Department." Eri Kisaki knew Reiko Kujo well; they were old rivals, so she blurted it out.

“Special Investigation Department,” Fujino responded. “It’s a department that specializes in handling corruption cases in the political arena. From the information I have, Reiko Kujo used to work in this department, specifically investigating domestic issues in Japan for the Americans…”

"About five years ago, the Special Investigation Department to which Reiko Kujo belonged investigated Takeuchi Construction Company and even found out that it was related to a corruption case in the political arena."

"However, the case ended with the suicide of the head of the subsidiary design institute who was acting as a witness, and the demotion of the leader in charge of the investigation."

"And Kujou Reiko herself naturally left the Special Investigation Department afterward."

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara crossed her arms and shook her head slightly: "Did you step on a tiger's tail and get chased away after it bared its fangs?"

“Yes.” Fujino nodded. “In the end, prosecutors and police only exist to maintain the rule of the top echelons of society. Even the Special Investigation Department has to consider the opinions of American and domestic politicians.”

"..." As a police officer, Sato Miwako felt increasingly awkward listening to these words, as if she had been slapped in the face. But upon reflection, she realized that it made sense.

She vividly remembered that the case involving the Foreign Minister was immediately halted during the investigation.

If it weren't for Fujino using his charms to sell himself to that rich young lady, the case would probably have ended up being left unresolved.

Ai Haibara chimed in, "However, it seems that this prosecutor, Reiko Kujo, hasn't realized this. She even wants to use this clue to reopen the old case from back then."

Eri Kisaki was used to Ai Haibara's behavior; she believed that this was how the Fujino family children should be.

We already have Conan, so what's wrong with adding Ai Haibara?
Eri Kisaki sighed and pinched her brow: "In that case, it's practically like a separate arrest. That Kujou Reiko..."

"That's pretty much it."

Fujino crossed his arms. "However, her main target is still Takeuchi. After all, Takeuchi was one of the witnesses back then, but he turned against her at the crucial moment, causing the case to be completely dropped..."

"And he himself became the son-in-law of the Takeuchi family after that."

Sato Miwako immediately realized: "So, it was because they found him a son-in-law to live with them that he gave up being a witness, right?"

"That's pretty much it."

Fujino responded, then sighed, "After all, he's a landmine. If you don't eliminate such a landmine or keep it firmly under your control, it could explode one day and be extremely dangerous..."

Conan listened quietly, his gaze toward Fujino a little strange.

To be honest, he was a little envious.

To find out so much with just one phone call? Wow, that's like having a cheat code!

Everyone here is a high school detective, so why don't I have such a cheat code?
He mentally grumbled for a moment, took a deep breath, and suddenly said:

"Oh dear, if you put it that way, things are quite strange!"

"..." Ai Haibara looked at Conan in silence. She felt that no matter how many times she heard this tone, it was still a little disgusting.

Xiaolan asked curiously, "What's strange about it?"

Hearing Ran pick up where he left off, Conan, thinking, "Since you asked so sincerely, I'll just tell you directly," still spoke in a childlike tone: "The two of them got together because of this kind of relationship, how could there be any feelings between them? Then why did Mr. Takeuchi take the blame for his wife?"

“Yes…” Eri Kisaki also became puzzled: “Logically speaking, this shouldn’t be the case. Could it be that they made some promise, just like before?”

"I'll go ask Dad!" Xiaolan suggested. "Dad knows Mr. Takeuchi, he must know what's going on between them!"

Xiaolan called her father and received this reply:
"My dad said that his relationship with his wife doesn't seem to be very good. She often goes out drinking, and she complains when she's drinking with him..."

"That way we can be certain..."

Eri Kisaki frowned. "So, you mean you're using high rewards or some other condition to entice the other person to take the blame for you?"

"After all, as the company president, if she goes to prison, everything outside will become a mess..."

“That makes the motive sufficient,” Sato Miwako agreed. “But given the current situation, it’s probably impossible to get that guy to confess about what happened back then, right?”

"It's definitely impossible."

Fujino had a clear understanding of this matter. "Now he and the Takeuchi family are bound by fate. They are intertwined. Even if we continue to investigate, we will not get any results in the end."

"And who knows how high the person involved back then has climbed to?"

"Even if they investigate, they'll probably run into a wall in the end."

Eri Kisaki largely agreed, but sighed, "But Reiko Kujo won't give up, at least not now."

"But no matter what, in the end, this case can only be classified as hit-and-run and aiding and abetting a crime, and both of them will be sent to prison."

"There are no other possibilities."

“So we need to make her realize this.” Fujino responded. “As for evidence, as a lawyer, Attorney Kisaki, you shouldn’t be providing her with evidence, so you’ll have to continue playing along with her.”

"However, as a criminal consultant, I can provide some evidence at crucial moments."

“I will go and talk to her.” Eri Kisaki understood what Fujino meant.

It's basically that after both parties discussed it and reached a consensus, they decided to keep things simple and give each other some face.

Although prosecutors and lawyers are strictly prohibited from having any contact, where in reality can one completely avoid such contact?
Fujino's eyes flickered slightly as he began to recall his memories of this part of the story.

He hadn't encountered any cases related to Reiko Kujo before.

This time, I actually ran into him...

He actually had a pretty deep memory of this plot, since the previous Kujo Reiko characters were all similar to Eri Kisaki, but in this episode, Kujo Reiko's image changed.

She has a gentler temperament and looks better.

Well, in his past life, Fujino was a little lustful towards her body.

After all, who doesn't like beautiful female characters?
Of course, it's meaningless now...

It's impossible that I would have gone crazy and become a harem just because I saw a pretty female character in my past life, right?

Fujino isn't that kind of person.

The rest of the story is that after the guy who impersonated the wife came out, he found out that his own wife had killed him.

Then she faked it as a suicide, and then Reiko Kujo was cyberbullied.

Of course, things are uncertain now.

After all, there was the unexpected factor of my own appearance.

However, whether or not that happened, it doesn't really concern me.

Well, if we take into account the relationship between Kujo and that other Kujo...

Helping out wouldn't hurt, after all, that Kujo had helped me before.

…………

That afternoon, Eri Kisaki went to find Reiko Kujo.

After a series of hints from her, Reiko Kujo remained silent for a while before finally deciding to bail the person out.

The following day, Hiroaki Takeuchi was released on bail.

That afternoon, Fujino's Snow King Ice Castle welcomed an unexpected guest.

"Prosecutor Kujo, what a rare guest! What brings you here?"

Fujino had nothing to do today. After someone came looking for him, he went downstairs and saw the prosecutor he had met a few days ago.

Reiko Kujo's expression remained calm as she looked at Fujino: "You were behind Attorney Kisaki's affair, weren't you?"

"what are you saying?"

Fujino smiled, while Reiko Kujo continued, "The Metropolitan Police Department informed me that you have been reinstated to the investigation."

"You must have found some evidence, right?"

"uh-huh."

Fujino took out his phone and showed it to her: "The evidence is right here. To be honest, I didn't expect you to come all this way."

Then, Fujino asked curiously, "I don't think Attorney Kisaki mentioned that I have evidence, right?"

"of course not."

Reiko Kujo stared at her phone screen for a moment, then crossed her arms and said, "I just feel that it's strange that you, as a famous detective, suddenly got involved in investigating a case like this, and then she came to see me that afternoon. Although there's no direct evidence, I have reason to be suspicious."

"Then you were right to suspect. No wonder you're a prosecutor."

"So, you're planning to make me give up now?"

Reiko Kujo whispered, "I've seen your file. You personally sent the Foreign Minister to prison..."

"Different."

Fujino shook his head slightly, "If it weren't for the machine's séance that time, I probably would have been killed by that guy, or even worse, my family would have been threatened. It was a situation where if you didn't die, I would die..."

"This case has nothing to do with you anymore. Even if someone were to investigate, it would be the Special Investigation Department. Are you sure that with your status and abilities as an ordinary prosecutor, you could shake up matters concerning the political world from five years ago?"

"What else can we do if we don't stop now?"

At this point, he looked at Reiko Kujo and said in a low voice, "You're an adult now. After being a prosecutor for so many years, don't you know what you can and can't do?"

“You come from the Kujo family, you should be able to understand this.”

(End of this chapter)